Dear Students,

Below is your second packet. This week is a focused review of: prefixes syllabication reading comprehension

I did my best to select a reading comprehension packet that was interesting, yet at your

reading level. If the reading packet is too hard, you may have it read to you by a family

member, I can read it with you over a phone call or zoom session, or you can contact me for a

new passage. If you would like a more challenging text or extra practice pages, let me know.

This week we will keep it as simple as possible while you adjust to all work from each of your

classes.

I am here to support you any way I can. Remember to take a breath – we will get through this

together!

My contact information:

Cell phone #: (925) 238-3101

Email: wrightp@luhsd.net

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See you “Zooming” and phone or email is also just fine.

Mrs. Wright

Prefix Review Notes

Prefix: a word part added to the beginning of a root or base word to change the word meaning.

Example: Prefix + root = new meaning ^ ^

un + happy = unhappy – not happy

Most common Prefixes:

un-: not, oppositeExamples: unhappy, untie, unbuckle, undo, unimportant, unbelievable

re-: do againExamples: recopy, reuse, replay, review, reread, return

pre-: beforeExamples: preview, preheat, preschool, prepay, prevent, pretend

dis-: not, oppositeExamples: dislike, distrust, disapprove, disappoint, disconnect, disbelieve

mis-: wrongExamples: mistake, mistrust, mislead, misunderstand, misspell, misbelieve

Prefix Practice WorksheetPart One: Write which word is being described.

1. To heat before:2. To not like:3. To do the opposite of tie:

4. To write again:

5. To pay before:

6. To do the opposite of pack:

7. To use again:

Part Two : Add a prefix (pre-, re-, un-, dis-) to the base word to create a new word.

8. play 15. read9. honest 16. true10. do 17. use11. known 18. obey12. heat 19. school13. pay 20. charge14. fund 21. agree

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Volunteers sew face masks for health workers facing shortagesBy Associated Press, adapted by Newsela staff on 03.31.20 Word Count 765Level 810L

Image 1. Briana Danyele sews cloth face masks that say "We Got This!" in her mother's living room in Greer, South

Carolina, March 22, 2020. The masks will be sent to health care workers. Legions of everyday Americans are sewing

masks for desperate hospitals, nursing homes and homeless shelters amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Christina

Hunter via AP

Bill Purdue has been helping his buddy make face masks. He cuts cotton squares that his friend

sews.

Fashion designer Briana Danyele left Italy in February. She has turned her mother's living room in

Greer, South Carolina, into a mini sewing factory. She makes masks that say "We Got This!"

Because of the coronavirus, people across the country and the world are making masks for desperate

healthcare workers. Hospitals, doctors and nurses say do-it-yourself face masks are better than

nothing.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

Coronavirus is a flu-like illness. It began in China and has been spreading across the globe since

December 2019. Health officials have been encouraging social distancing. This means staying home

and staying away from other people to help slow the spread of the virus. Many schools have shut

down. Many companies are telling employees to work from home. Major sporting and entertainment

events have also been canceled or postponed.

"That's What I Want To Do"

For people at home, sewing masks makes them feel less helpless.

"Whatever it takes to get the job done, that's what I want to do," said Purdue, 57 years old. His

daughter works at the women's hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He and his friend Mike Rice responded

to a March 16 Facebook post from Deaconess Health System in Evansville asking for help.

For most people, the new coronavirus causes milder symptoms such as fever and cough. For some,

especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illnesses.

Most people get better. Some people have died from it.

The virus is spreading quickly. Health care systems in

several cities are at their max.

Pam Hight is the spokeswoman for Deaconess. She said

the hospital system realized it could run out of protective

equipment. So officials made a how-to video.

People began offering masks from all across the country.

"It makes your heart warm; people are so good," she said.

Deaconess expects to collect thousands of masks the

week of March 23 at an off-hospital site. It will sanitize the

masks before distributing them.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is New Hampshire's largest hospital. It is preparing face mask

kits for volunteers. The homemade masks can go to patients, visitors and staff. Then, medical-grade

protective equipment can be saved for front-line health care workers.

Government officials told hospital workers to use surgical masks. Supplies of more protective N95

masks are running low.

"If nurses quit or become too fatigued or even become ill themselves, then we don't have a front line

anymore," said Wendy Byard. She lives in Lapeer, Michigan. She organized her friends to make

masks. Her daughter, a nurse, was told to wear the same mask all day.

Using 3D Printers

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, changed its guidelines the week of March

16. It nows says that hospitals should try to reuse surgical masks or have workers wear one through

an entire shift. Scarves or bandanas could be used "as a last resort." Some health officials, though,

warned cloth masks might not work.

Mary Dale Peterson runs a Corpus Christi, Texas, children's hospital. She declined volunteers' offers

to make masks. Construction and manufacturing companies have high-grade masks. She thinks they

should donate or sell the masks to hospitals.

"It would be only an extremely, extremely last resort that I would have my staff" wear homemade

masks, she said. "I really hope it doesn't get to that point in the U.S."

The quilting world is also helping, said Dakota Redford. She runs the Missouri Quilt Museum in

Hamilton, Missouri.

Businesses have also stepped up. People can use equipment at Joann Stores to sew masks and

hospital gowns, said Amanda Hayes. She is a spokeswoman for the craft store.

Only 10 people are allowed in each store, sticking to CDC guidelines. The sewing stations will be six

feet apart. Staff will sanitize the work areas and materials. The company also has special kits for

customers who want to make masks at home.

Hayes said they are giving people a chance to help out. Right now, many feel they do not have

control.

In Baltimore, Maryland, almost 285 volunteers with 618 3D printers are making plastic face shields.

The equipment will go to Johns Hopkins and other area hospitals.

Danyele in South Carolina said she made about 200 masks.

"If I'm one person creating 200 masks, imagine what we all could do," said Danyele, 24 years old. "It's

super sad that we're at this point, but this is encouraging."

Quiz

1 Read the paragraph from the article.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

"It would be only an extremely, extremely last resort that I would have my staff" wear homemade masks, she said. "I really hope it doesn't get to that point in the U.S."

Which of the following is the MOST accurate explanation of what this paragraph means?

(A) Peterson thinks that the homemade masks are just as good as regular masks.

(B) Peterson would let her staff use homemade masks only if there were no other options.

(C) Peterson does not have enough masks at her hospital and is now turning to homemade masks.

(D) Peterson predicts that the U.S. will resort to homemade masks in the near future.

2 Which sentence from the article shows why Pam Hight asked for help?

(A) Pam Hight is the spokeswoman for Deaconess.

(B) She said the hospital system realized it could run out of protective equipment.

(C) Some health officials, though, warned cloth masks might not work.

(D) She thinks they should donate or sell the masks to hospitals.

3 What effect did volunteers with 3D printers have on Johns Hopkins and other hospitals?

(A) They created special mask kits for them.

(B) They cut and sewed cloth masks for them.

(C) They created medical-grade masks for them.

(D) They created plastic face shields for them.

4 What caused Bill Purdue to start making face masks?

(A) He saw his friend Briana Danyele sewing cloth masks.

(B) He saw that the CDC had recommended making the masks.

(C) He saw a request on Facebook from the Deaconess Health System.

This article is available at 5 reading levels at https://newsela.com.

(D) He saw that Joann Stores were teaching people to make masks.

End of Academic Reading Packet, Week 2